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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
About the Award
The AAIM Diversity Award was created to promote ethnic, racial, and gender diversity in departments of internal medicine. The award is presented to an individual who has effectively improved diversity within medical schools or who has worked to ensure patients of all races and ethnicities receive the highest quality of care. The award is presented during Academic Internal Medicine Week.
Nomination Criteria
Open to any eligible candidate regardless of specialty or AAIM affiliation, the award recognizes:
- An individual’s meritorious achievement in improving racial, ethnic, and/or gender diversity at a medical school.
OR
- An individual who has focused his or her research on addressing health care disparities and improving the level of care received by women and/or minorities.
Nominations must include clear evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of the individual’s initiative(s) to improve diversity at his or her institution or research to address health care disparities.
Nominations should include qualitative and quantitative results of the initiative(s) or research. Particular consideration will be given to these data when reviewing nominations.
Nomination Information
Nominations must be submitted online.
Self-nominations are not accepted for this award.
A nomination packet must include:
- A completed nomination form.
- One nomination letter detailing either the initiative(s) to improve diversity and the results of the initiative(s) or the applicant’s research to address health care disparities.
- Additional letters supporting the nomination. Please note, the committee will consider a maximum of three additional letters of support.
- The nominee’s curriculum vitae.
Selection Process
The recipient is selected by the AAIM Board of Directors. All nominations will be considered for the year they are nominated as well as the following two years.
Questions
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Special Recognition Award
About the Award
Formerly an Association of Professors of Medicine award, the Special Recognition Award is presented by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine™ (AAIM™) to an individual who has contributed most to helping the alliance meet its mission which "fosters the advancement of learning, discovery, and caring by enhancing the professional growth of academic internal medicine faculty, administrators and physicians-in-training." The award is presented during Academic Internal Medicine Week.
Nomination Information
The candidate must be a current or former member of one of AAIM’s charter associations, which includes Association of Professors of Medicine, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Association of Specialty Professors™, Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine™, and Administrators of Internal Medicine™.
Self-nominations are not accepted for this award.
Nominations must be submitted online, including:
- A completed nomination form.
- One nomination letter.
- Additional letters supporting the nomination. Please note, the Board will only consider one letter of support in addition to the first nominator’s letter.
- The nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae.
Selection Process
The recipient is selected by the AAIM Board of Directors. All nominations will be considered for the year they are nominated as well as the following two years.
Questions
For more information, please contact AAIM Member Services at (703) 341-4540 or memberservices@im.org